The Return to Regular Order

The House is ready to pass specific spending bills for a change.

The political equivalent of a solar eclipse hit Washington this week, though you won’t see this reported elsewhere. Yes, the House of Representatives finally returned to regular spending order.

The House on Thursday voted to send 12 appropriations bills to the Senate. The chamber approved four of these 2018 spending measures prior to its August recess, and the remaining eight were debated and passed as part of the broader Thursday vote. They had previously passed out of committee. This is the first time since 2004 that a House...